Paris Experiences Extreme Heat Wave for Rugby World Cup Opener

Paris Experiences Extreme Heat Wave for Rugby World Cup Opener

By its Published yesterday at 9:42 p.m., Updated yesterday at 10:01 p.m. A man walks under a mister to cool off on an embankment of the Seine, in central Paris, September 3, 2023. DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP The Paris region is experiencing an exceptional heat wave for the season, which explains these extremely high temperatures. … Read more

50 Departments Added to Orange Vigilance List at Heat Wave, Including Charente-Maritimes

50 Departments Added to Orange Vigilance List at Heat Wave, Including Charente-Maritimes

The list of departments placed in orange vigilance at the heat wave will be extended from Monday, with a new department classified as alert: Charente-Maritimes. This brings to 50 the number of departments in orange vigilance. As a reminder, the territories classified on this list this Sunday, all located in the southern half of the … Read more

Stifling Heatwave Alert: Communities Take Action to Beat the Heat

Stifling Heatwave Alert: Communities Take Action to Beat the Heat

This beginning of the week will still be stifling in the region. We will have to face an increasingly high mercury. Both departments are on orange alert. Up to 38°C are expected locally according to forecasters and even beyond 40°C on Wednesday. The next two nights will not allow us to refresh our interiors, so … Read more

New York City’s ‘Cool Roofs’ Program: Fighting Heat and Inequality

New York City’s ‘Cool Roofs’ Program: Fighting Heat and Inequality

Heat Article reserved for subscribers The largest city in the United States began in 2009 to paint roofs white to mitigate the effects of heat. The program also aims to correct very marked territorial inequalities. In the heat of July, when for a week the thermometer showed more than 40°C near Yankee Stadium, the poorest … Read more

Europe Faces Exceptionally Intense End-of-Summer Heat Wave: Temperatures Soaring to 40°C

Europe Faces Exceptionally Intense End-of-Summer Heat Wave: Temperatures Soaring to 40°C

Part of Europe is preparing for a heat wave of exceptional intensity for the end of summer. The thermometer should reach 40°C locally in France. An exceptionally late heat wave in France, Germany, Spain and Switzerland ADVERTISEMENT Part of Europe is preparing for a heat wave of exceptional intensity for the end of summer. Over … Read more

Record-breaking heat wave hits Lyon, France

Record-breaking heat wave hits Lyon, France

By Justin Boche Posted 5 hours ago, Updated 2 hours ago On the banks of the Rhône, the shade of a few trees acts as a refuge for walkers. OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP The episode which affects the east of France will be particularly long in the Rhône with temperatures that can reach up to … Read more

Record-breaking Heatwave in Morocco: Temperatures Soar Past 50 Degrees Celsius for the First Time

Record-breaking Heatwave in Morocco: Temperatures Soar Past 50 Degrees Celsius for the First Time

Temperatures in Morocco soared past 50 degrees Celsius for the first time in a heatwave. (Schematic diagram/Dazhi video) A new wave of heat is scorching the North African country of Morocco, where the country’s meteorological directorate said today that a temperature of 50 degrees Celsius was recorded in the country for the first time since … Read more

Extreme Heatwave in Saudi Arabia: Temperatures Soar to 50 Degrees Celsius

Extreme Heatwave in Saudi Arabia: Temperatures Soar to 50 Degrees Celsius

Riyadh – Hot temperatures like ‘hell’ whack Arab Saudi. Unmitigated, the heat in Saudi Arabia can reach 50 degrees Celsius! Extreme heatwaves are still ravaging Saudi Arabia and beyond, with temperatures expected to soar by up to 50 degrees Celsius across the country from earlier this week. According to the Saudi National Meteorological Center (NCM), … Read more

Passengers frustrated as luggage left behind due to heat wave in Jakarta

Passengers frustrated as luggage left behind due to heat wave in Jakarta

Jakarta – How frustrated are the passengers who fly but their luggage doesn’t come with them. The effects of the heat wave forced airlines to cut their loads and fuel to maintain stable aircraft performance. That’s how the passengers of the Athens-Singapore flight Scoot feel. Usually planes on this route fly non-stop, now they have … Read more

Understanding Wet Bulb Temperature and Its Impact on Humans in Indonesia

Understanding Wet Bulb Temperature and Its Impact on Humans in Indonesia

Indonesia which is a tropical country, stretching around the equator, has high temperatures throughout the year. Even recently, the temperature can reach 35 degrees Celsius. With this temperature, it’s not only the air that makes you hot, you can feel the stinging heat on your skin. This condition could get worse, the air temperature continues … Read more